The first table below looks at the demand for PABX skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PABX over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Private Automatic Branch Exchange
Rank 502 529 563
Rank change year-on-year
+27 +34
Contract jobs citing PABX 11 30 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.026% 0.056% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.180% 0.358% 0.109%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 4
Average daily rate £325 £169 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+92.59% -44.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £124 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £243 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £323 £263
% change year-on-year
+0.77% +22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £7.90 £22.32
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -64.59%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £7.90 £22.32
% change year-on-year
+355.69% -64.59%
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6108 8385 7368
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.69% 15.72% 13.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3064 3932 3397
Average daily rate £350 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 500 561 752
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.81 £12.21
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.50 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
PABX
UK

PABX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PABX across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

England PABX Jobs Demand Trend

PABX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing PABX across the England region.

England PABX Daily Rate Trend

PABX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PABX across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England PABX Daily Rate Histogram

PABX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PABX across the England region.

England PABX Hourly Rate Trend

PABX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PABX within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South West +29 5 - -
East Midlands - 3 £381 -
London +31 1 - -
South East +12 1 £288 -
West Midlands -5 1 £263 -
PABX
UK

PABX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PABX also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PABX.

1 22 (66.67%) VoIP
2 14 (42.42%) Cisco
3 12 (36.36%) LAN
4 8 (24.24%) IVR
5 7 (21.21%) ITIL
5 7 (21.21%) WAN
6 6 (18.18%) Windows
6 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 6 (18.18%) Citrix
6 6 (18.18%) Project Management
6 6 (18.18%) Supplier Management
7 5 (15.15%) Firewall
7 5 (15.15%) Handset
7 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (15.15%) CCNA
7 5 (15.15%) MCSE
7 5 (15.15%) MCSA
7 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
7 5 (15.15%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (15.15%) Unified Communications
8 4 (12.12%) Siemens
8 4 (12.12%) Change Management
8 4 (12.12%) Mitel
9 3 (9.091%) Nortel
10 2 (6.061%) Oracle iStore
10 2 (6.061%) Degree
10 2 (6.061%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (6.061%) Time Management
10 2 (6.061%) Telecoms

PABX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing PABX also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited PABX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.030%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle iStore
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 22 (66.67%) VoIP
2 12 (36.36%) LAN
3 7 (21.21%) WAN
4 5 (15.15%) Firewall
4 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
4 5 (15.15%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.030%) PBX
5 1 (3.030%) PSTN
5 1 (3.030%) DPNSS
5 1 (3.030%) Q.931
5 1 (3.030%) DMS-100
5 1 (3.030%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.030%) TOAD
General
1 2 (6.061%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.030%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (3.030%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (18.18%) Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Technical Architect
2 5 (15.15%) Network Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Voice Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Project Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Support Technician
4 3 (9.091%) Mitel Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Oracle CRM Functional Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 2 (6.061%) Voice Support Technician
5 2 (6.061%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (6.061%) Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Oracle CRM Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) Functional Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) CRM Consultant
5 2 (6.061%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (6.061%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (24.24%) IVR
2 5 (15.15%) Handset
3 1 (3.030%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.030%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.030%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.21%) ITIL
2 6 (18.18%) Project Management
2 6 (18.18%) Supplier Management
3 5 (15.15%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (12.12%) Change Management
5 2 (6.061%) Time Management
5 2 (6.061%) CRM
6 1 (3.030%) B2B
6 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.030%) Migration
6 1 (3.030%) E-business
6 1 (3.030%) Software Distribution
6 1 (3.030%) Change Control
6 1 (3.030%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) C
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (15.15%) CCNA
1 5 (15.15%) MCSE
1 5 (15.15%) MCSA
2 2 (6.061%) Degree
2 2 (6.061%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.030%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.030%) Terminal Services
1 1 (3.030%) VMware ESX
1 1 (3.030%) VMware Workstation
1 1 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Cisco
2 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Citrix
3 4 (12.12%) Siemens
3 4 (12.12%) Mitel
4 3 (9.091%) Nortel
5 2 (6.061%) Avaya
5 2 (6.061%) Oracle
6 1 (3.030%) HP
6 1 (3.030%) BT
6 1 (3.030%) VMware
6 1 (3.030%) LANDesk